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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Microbios, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joseph F. Flint, Ithaca, NY (US);
Matthew Ryan Garner, Amarillo, TX (US);
Assignee:
MICROBIOS, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 63/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/747 (2015.01); A61K 35/742 (2015.01); A61K 35/744 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/747 (2013.01); A61K 35/742 (2013.01); A61K 35/744 (2013.01); A23Y 2220/07 (2013.01); A23Y 2280/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A feedlot administered animal feed additive that promotes animal health and growth, reduces mortality and can act as an antibiotic substitute. The additive inhibits pathogen growth resulting in lower pathogen load within the animal and reduced pathogen sheading to the environment. The additive includes bacteria that inhibitO157:H7 growth by as much as 93% andgrowth by as much as 97%, together with commensurate inhibition rates against the Big-Sixstrains. The additive includes various combinations of the following pathogen-inhibiting bacteria:; and